Why do Irish people support English teams?

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Oh, I agree, for me it's be Cork, but I've never actually been to a Cork game. Part of the reason is that where I'm living is not Cork and my friends wouldn't go to a local game. I've been meaning to go to a Limerick v Cork game.

You absolutely should give it a go. They're in different divisions at the moment but the Munster Derby can be tasty enough. The skills won't always be breath taking but the passion is great on the pitch and off it and you'll still see talented players like Karl Sheppard, returning stars like Damien Delaney and then maybe the next up and comers like Seanny Maguire or maybe even a Wes Hoolahan or James McClean.

limnam wrote: »

Little do they know it's the chip that stops some people from getting involved in LOI

dan1895 wrote: »

Funny that not one of the dozens of people I've brought to Tolka over the years received anything but a warm welcome from the regulars no matter who they supported.

100% this. My mate was a die hard Man United fan and nothing else mattered. He got bitten by the bug of live football and he's now a season ticket holder at Bohs. We go around the whole country following them, literally following them, and we've made some brilliant mates from that. It's fantastic. Many of the group I go with were simply friends of friends and now we're our own group. It's always always a warm welcome to any new people.

Anybody who thinks people from 'outside' are sneered at ask yourself this; How in the hell would anyone even know that you're new? You're not made to wear a badge or a leper bell. It's a pure myth.

My mate still likes Man United btw and had the audacity to enjoy their win the other night.

wobatkicker23

andekwarhola wrote: »

Where was this?

I’d rather not say, lest I tar all Shamrock Rovers supporters with the same brush.

andekwarhola

wobatkicker23 wrote: »

That’s presumably because they were with you, a regular.

The one LOI game I went to the supporters were huddled under a shed passing a bottle of vodka around. Locker room talk galore, most of the time was spent on social media trying to show how hardcore they were.

Some of the chanting was obnoxious ‘**** English Football’ ‘Bomb the Premier League’ etc.

Where was this?

wobatkicker23 wrote: »

That’s presumably because they were with you, a regular.

The one LOI game I went to the supporters were huddled under a shed passing a bottle of vodka around. Locker room talk galore, most of the time was spent on social media trying to show how hardcore they were.

Some of the chanting was obnoxious ‘**** English Football’ ‘Bomb the Premier League’ etc.

Paz-CCFC

wobatkicker23 wrote: »

That’s presumably because they were with you, a regular.

The one LOI game I went to the supporters were huddled under a shed passing a bottle of vodka around. Locker room talk galore, most of the time was spent on social media trying to show how hardcore they were.

Some of the chanting was obnoxious ‘**** English Football’ ‘Bomb the Premier League’ etc.

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wobatkicker23 wrote: »

That’s presumably because they were with you, a regular.

The one LOI game I went to the supporters were huddled under a shed passing a bottle of vodka around. Locker room talk galore, most of the time was spent on social media trying to show how hardcore they were.

Some of the chanting was obnoxious ‘**** English Football’ ‘Bomb the Premier League’ etc.

wobatkicker23 wrote: »

That’s presumably because they were with you, a regular.

The one LOI game I went to the supporters were huddled under a shed passing a bottle of vodka around. Locker room talk galore, most of the time was spent on social media trying to show how hardcore they were.

Some of the chanting was obnoxious ‘**** English Football’ ‘Bomb the Premier League’ etc.

wobatkicker23 wrote: »

That’s presumably because they were with you, a regular.

The one LOI game I went to the supporters were huddled under a shed passing a bottle of vodka around. Locker room talk galore, most of the time was spent on social media trying to show how hardcore they were.

Some of the chanting was obnoxious ‘**** English Football’ ‘Bomb the Premier League’ etc.

wobatkicker23 wrote: »

That’s presumably because they were with you, a regular.

The one LOI game I went to the supporters were huddled under a shed passing a bottle of vodka around. Locker room talk galore, most of the time was spent on social media trying to show how hardcore they were.

Some of the chanting was obnoxious ‘**** English Football’ ‘Bomb the Premier League’ etc.

:pac:

wobatkicker23

dan1895 wrote: »

Funny that not one of the dozens of people I've brought to Tolka over the years received anything but a warm welcome from the regulars no matter who they supported.

That’s presumably because they were with you, a regular.

The one LOI game I went to the supporters were huddled under a shed passing a bottle of vodka around. Locker room talk galore, most of the time was spent on social media trying to show how hardcore they were.

Some of the chanting was obnoxious ‘**** English Football’ ‘Bomb the Premier League’ etc.

Avatar MIA

Omackeral wrote: »

If you go to a game and like it and then keep going back and it becomes a habit and then just something you do. Can be done as well as having a team you watch on telly or go to see once or twice or however many times a year/decade. They don't have to be mutually exclusive. Live football can't be beaten. You see things you don't see on tv. Being part of chants and displays and tifos. Bantering off actual opposing fans. It's all great. Can be done in addition to having an existing team in the United Kingdom.

Oh, I agree, for me it's be Cork, but I've never actually been to a Cork game. Part of the reason is that where I'm living is not Cork

and my friends wouldn't go to a local game. I've been meaning to go to a Limerick v Cork game.

dan1895

limnam wrote: »

Little do they know it's the chip that stops some people from getting involved in LOI

Funny that not one of the dozens of people I've brought to Tolka over the years received anything but a warm welcome from the regulars no matter who they supported.

wobatkicker23

Why are you framing this question as if it’s the most nonsensical thing in the world when the majority of Irish soccer fans couldn’t give two ****s about the LOI.

Would you watch the ladies team of your equivalent LOI club over a big premier league match? And if not, why?

On another point, the reason the GAA differ with the Irish soccer scene is the fact that all the Irish LOI teams are franchises. My county team represents everyone in the county. Who represents Kerry in LOI? Or do you expect a Kerry person to support Cork City?

Avatar MIA wrote: »

I can see how someone could change their religion, but the football team they supported as a kid? C'est impossible.

If you go to a game and like it and then keep going back and it becomes a habit and then just something you do. Can be done as well as having a team you watch on telly or go to see once or twice or however many times a year/decade. They don't have to be mutually exclusive. Live football can't be beaten. You see things you don't see on tv. Being part of chants and displays and tifos. Bantering off actual opposing fans. It's all great. Can be done in addition to having an existing team in the United Kingdom.

ffarrell7

VeryTerry wrote: »

Irish Liverpool fans are notoriously tetchy about this topic.

I cannot understand it either. Defies belief. I love Barca, Real and PSG (who have been robbed blind on two occasions by refs giving fictitious penalties like the one against Man U.

The amount of true anti-Irish sentiment towards the Irish is incredible. The Brits (English, Welsh, Scots....) Can disguise it well but anti-Irish they are.

Why don't Irish people support Spanish, Italian, French clubs more ? Spanish teams are much more successful than British ones. Problem is that 99% of Irish players evolve in the Premiership because they don't speak foreign languages and feel at home in Britland.

I would never, ever support a British team against a French, German, Italian or any other country.

VeryTerry

RobMc59 wrote: »

Listen,I provided a link,traditionally that's the way it is-its unfortunate if you dont like that-there are some people who still bang on about it but thankfully it is largely forgotten-i don't know why you're getting so wound up about it.
Bloody hell!-I've got a donegal gaa hat and replica top so why would I critise anyone for liking a foreign team!

Irish Liverpool fans are notoriously tetchy about this topic.

8-10 wrote: »

No sorry let's go over it again:

You did not claim that Everton were historically known as being Catholic. You stated that it IS recognised as THE Catholic club. You called me out as being wrong for saying it isn't. You can't just change now after being asked to prove it to try and claim you originally were talking about the 60's/70's and it has now 'disappeared'

You deliberately used the present tense to describe it as Catholic and it's only after being called out that you're changing your story

Listen,I provided a link,traditionally that's the way it is-its unfortunate if you dont like that-there are some people who still bang on about it but thankfully it is largely forgotten-i don't know why you're getting so wound up about it.
Bloody hell!-I've got a donegal gaa hat and replica top so why would I critise anyone for liking a foreign team!

8-10

RobMc59 wrote: »

I haven't got any argument-it's common knowledge here in the Liverpool area that up until the late 60s/early 70's everton were regarded as Catholic and Liverpool protestant-thankfully that has disappeared and people couldn't care less.

No sorry let's go over it again:

RobMc59 wrote: »

You are wrong-Everton is recognised as the Catholic club

You did not claim that Everton were historically known as being Catholic. You stated that it IS recognised as THE Catholic club. You called me out as being wrong for saying it isn't. You can't just change now after being asked to prove it to try and claim you originally were talking about the 60's/70's and it has now 'disappeared'

You deliberately used the present tense to describe it as Catholic and it's only after being called out that you're changing your story

limnam

Deleted User wrote: »

There are a few on Boards eternally offended by Irish people supporting English teams. It's quite amusing each time their shoulder chip pops up.

Little do they know it's the chip that stops some people from getting involved in LOI

There are a few on Boards eternally offended by Irish people supporting English teams. It's quite amusing each time their shoulder chip pops up.

VeryTerry

RobMc59 wrote: »

I haven't got any argument-it's common knowledge here in the Liverpool area that up until the late 60s/early 70's everton were regarded as Catholic and Liverpool protestant-thankfully that has disappeared and people couldn't care less.

This was largely due to Liverpools ties with the Orange Order.

VeryTerry

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Ya but your Dad wasn't from Liverpool was he?

My Dad used to to look out for Palace in the English League owing to connections he had in Croydon.

But we never got fully into supporting them. Wearing jersisies and chanting daft songs.

You're not from Inchicore either.

Avatar MIA wrote: »

The thrust of your argument suggested you were implying it, no?

The st. in the title would be confusing.

I haven't got any argument-it's common knowledge here in the Liverpool area that up until the late 60s/early 70's everton were regarded as Catholic and Liverpool protestant-thankfully that has disappeared and people couldn't care less.

Avatar MIA

RobMc59 wrote: »

I didn't say St Domingo was Catholic I said that was what everton was originally called.

The thrust of your argument suggested you were implying it, no?

The st. in the title would be confusing.

citytillidie wrote: »

St. Domingo was a Methodist Chapel so again nothing to do with being Catholic

I didn't say St Domingo was Catholic I said that was what everton was originally called.

citytillidie

Perifect wrote: »

City till I die. Derry city? Cork city? Galway city?

Derry City, go to Derry games and follow Liverpool not hard when Derry games are on a Friday night, some times I manages to go to 2 games in the one weekend